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Christmas Eve
April 28, 2008
Two red-tailed hawks tear at opposite ends
of a dead doe, corpse tossed fifteen feet
from the road, meat kept by the cool air,
body opening like bittersweet’s last red
fruit as it clings to the vine.
by Todd Davis
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Categories: Nature in the Cracks
Todd Davis
qarrtsiluni 
I love this poem in its appropriate brevity, and the perfect simile with the bittersweet fruit.